2025 Women Empowering Women Speaker Booklet

A Conference for Professional Women

SESSION ONE Elevate Your Presence: Crafting a Magnetic Personal Brand on LinkedIn Discover how to build a standout personal brand on LinkedIn that attracts the right people and opportunities.

You’ll learn how to create a compelling profile, cultivate a thriving community of your ideal consumers, and develop engaging content that sparks genuine engagement. Led

by Stephanie Armstrong, who has generated millions using these exact strategies, this workshop will equip you with proven tactics to position yourself as an industry go-to and fuel meaningful business growth.

PRESENTED BY: Stephanie Armstrong Co-Founder Moxie Creative Studios

Some Takeaways: A step-by-step guide to optimizing your LinkedIn profile for visibility and credibility.

Strategies for building and nurturing a high-value network of ideal clients and industry peers.

Proven content techniques to increase engagement, position yourself as an authority, and attract new opportunities.

Actionable steps to create a consistent, authentic personal brand that sets you apart.

Radical Candors Meets Emotional Intelligence Explore how Radical Candor and Emotional Intelligence (EI) together can empower leaders and teams to build trust, foster collaboration, and navigate challenging conversations with grace. This keynote will provide practical strategies for giving direct, constructive feedback while maintaining empathy and respect, enabling you to strengthen relationships and drive results. Dive into how these principles can help you maintain composure, create deeper connections, and add meaningful impact even in high-pressure situations.

PRESENTED BY: Kathleen Pringle CEO Kathleen Pringle Group, Inc.

Some Takeaways: A practical framework for growth and accountability.

Tools for leveraging EI to build emotional awareness and with self and others.

Insights into using Radical Candor to address conflict effectively and foster trust.

Techniques for balancing candidness with compassion in professional and personal interactions.

SESSION TWO Harnessing AI to Work Smarter, Not Harder: Practical Strategies and Tools for Enhancing Productivity AI is revolutionizing the workplace, offering powerful tools to boost efficiency, streamline tasks, and enhance collaboration. This session delves into practical strategies for leveraging AI like ChatGPT to elevate your work beyond simple cut-and-paste solutions, unlocking its full potential for creativity and innovation.

Discover how to integrate AI into your workflow to automate repetitive tasks, generate ideas, and improve decision-making. We’ll also touch on navigating organizational policies and ethical considerations, ensuring that your use of AI aligns with workplace guidelines while maximizing its benefits.

PRESENTED BY: Jennifer Sertl Vice President of Marketing Circle Optics

By the end of this session, you’ll have actionable insights to responsibly incorporate AI tools into your daily operations, enabling smarter, more innovative outcomes for you and your team.

SESSION THREE Micro Session I:

From Nice Girl to Bold Leader: Grow Your Influence, One Conversation at a Time

PRESENTED BY: Rachel Clar, Esq. Founder and CEO Interconnected Us

This micro session will empower you with a strategic framework to have conversations that protect your time and energy without burning bridges. In the workplace, at home, and in society, women are constantly told to be ceaselessly productive, to please others, and maintain harmony with little or no regard for our own long-term goals and wellbeing. In this session, you will learn that you don't have to choose between power and kindness.

Upleveling your boundaries is a skill that we all can learn, and practicing this skill strengthens your commitment to yourself by empowering you to connect with clarity and authenticity instead of fake smiles and manipulative niceties. We'll cover typical scenarios that can trip up ambitious women, and you will leave with an actionable framework that you can use to have conversations that connect you to others, and put you back where you belong: in your power.

Micro Session II:

Turning Fear Into Strength For Growth & Collaboration In this micro session, we’ll explore how our fears, the thoughts we think, feelings we feel and words we speak to ourselves shape our reality. Too often, we hold ourselves back with limiting beliefs, saying, "I can't," before we’ve even tried. Together, we’ll challenge these negative inner narratives. Imagine replacing "I can’t" with "I can learn," or "This is hard" with "This is an opportunity for growth." Our inner dialogue holds incredible power—let’s use it to build confidence, courage, and conviction. The way we speak to ourselves influences what we believe is possible, and ultimately how we behave impacts our results and our reality. So let’s transform our mindset and unlock our true potential.

PRESENTED BY: Raeanne Lacatena CEO and Business Coach Raeanne Lacatena Holistic Business Coaching

SESSION THREE (CONTINUED) Mindfulness in Action: Cultivating Focus and Resilience in the Workplace In today’s fast-paced, high-pressure work environments, the ability to maintain focus and build resilience is more critical than ever. Mindfulness practices offer powerful tools to enhance mental resilience, manage stress, and sustain long-term success. By incorporating mindfulness into daily routines, professionals can cultivate greater awareness, emotional balance, and clarity, enabling them to navigate workplace challenges with confidence and composure.

PRESENTED BY: Jill Peterson Founder and Chief Growth Strategist Clover Insights

Enhanced Concentration Mindfulness exercises such as meditation and focused breathing help train the brain to stay present, reducing distractions and improving productivity. By practicing mindfulness, employees can approach tasks with a clear mind and a heightened ability to prioritize and complete them effectively.

Stress Reduction Chronic stress is one of the biggest barriers to productivity and mental health in the workplace. Mindfulness helps lower cortisol levels, the body’s primary stress hormone, by encouraging relaxation and grounding individuals in the present moment. Techniques such as body scans and mindfulness breaks can significantly reduce stress, even in high-stakes environments.

Emotional Regulation Workplace demands can lead to emotional turbulence, including frustration, anxiety, and burnout. Mindfulness equips individuals with the tools to observe and manage their emotional responses, fostering a more balanced and positive work atmosphere.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Created for Women, by Women Thursday, March 6

Social at Brand Bar Click here to Register & Learn More Wednesday, March 12

ATHENA Leadership Training for Women Click here to Register & Learn More Wednesday, April 9th

Social at Next Door by Wegmans Registration information to follow Monday, May 5th

2025 Young Women of Distinction Scholarship Awards Ceremony Click here to Register & Learn More OR Donate toward the Scholarship Awards Thursday, June 26

Legislative Fireside Chat & Social Click here to Register & Learn More Wednesday, July 16

Fitness & Social at Midtown Athletic Club Click here to Register & Learn More

Wednesday, September 10

Headshot Happy Hour Click here to Register & Learn More

Thursday, October 23

Trailblazing Women – A Panel Discussion & Social Registration information to follow

EMPOWERED WOMEN EMPOWER WOMEN.